provisional
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Just weeks ago, EU negotiators said they reached a provisional deal to remove some tariffs on U.S. imports as part of the bloc’s trade deal signed last summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
If you didn’t bring your mailed ballot, some counties will require you to vote using a provisional ballot that will be counted once elections officials check that you are eligible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
European lawmakers and countries struck a provisional compromise on the reform, which was launched in response to political pressure to curb migration -- paving the way for its final approval.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The figures were provisional, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
I’m not sure if it was for Tommy’s benefit, or for any onlookers’, but I’d kept my posture looking very provisional, and at one point made a move to carry on with my stroll.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing provisional
The Unteachables
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The Dawes Act
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The Treaty of Paris (1783)
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